Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 6, 1839
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 6, 1839
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Date:1839-11-06
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 6, 1839
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
Westfield NY
Place
Name: City: Westfield
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: keh
revision: ekk 2016-01-29
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Albany Nov. 6.
My dear J.
On the 15/18 Nov. I have a note to pay here. The failure to hear from you
this far leads me to fear that a remittance as desired may have miscarried – or that
the letter requesting it has failed to reach you.
Frances
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
has been ill but is better. Nicholas
Name: Nicholas Bogart
Birth: 1801-12-24
Death: 1893
is better.
The Whigs say they have 600 majority in this city and feel sure of 500 to 600 in the
county. The polls have closed. New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
is probably, almost certainly lost.
Except that loss the Whigs are full of confidence in relation to the state. But
it is too late to speculate upon results.
W.H.S.
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Benjamin J Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauque Co.
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
November 6, 1839
Albany Nov. 6.
My dear J.
On the 15/18 Nov. I have a note to pay here. The failure to hear from you
this far leads me to fear that a remittance as desired may have miscarried – or that
the letter requesting it has failed to reach you.
Frances
Person
Person
The Whigs say they have 600 majority in this city and feel sure of 500 to 600 in the
county. The polls have closed. New York
Place
Except that loss the Whigs are full of confidence in relation to the state. But
it is too late to speculate upon results.
W.H.S.
Benjamin J Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauque Co.
Person
date:
Wednesday, November 6, 1839
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